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"It's kinda lame..." Chifuyu groans, "Sitting behind a girl on a bike."

"What do you mean?" You express confusion to the boy's somewhat disappointed tone, "You taught me like this."

"Yeah but... Now that you know how to, I feel... ungentlemanly."

"Okay, I have an idea," you turn to park on the side of the road. Chifuyu wondered what your idea was after you got off the bike.

Chifuyu was now at the front, but you continued to drive. Holding the bike handles from behind the blonde.

It's like... It's like she's hugging me from behind... Chifuyu bashfully thinks. I CAN ALSO FEEL HER CHEST ON ME! He screams internally. You didn't notice, but Chifuyu's face was bright red.

Now that Takemichi went back to his time period, both you and Chifuyu wonder about each other's futures. Before meeting with Takemichi and the whole T2D2 plan, you told Chifuyu what happened between you and Mikey. The conversation was cut short once Takemichi finally met up with you two.

"About Mikey..." Chifuyu starts, "Going to Okinawa."

"What about it?"

"Do you really think he's telling the truth?" He asks. You felt slightly offended, "Why wouldn't he?" Chifuyu could notice your dislike of his question. "Well..." He trails off a bit, "You didn't foresee it."

You sigh, "He did seem tense when he told me..." You admitted, "But that could be because he's still grieving."

"Are you sure...?" Chifuyu continues to be suspicious.

"Chifuyu, I don't think Mikey would lie to me about family," you raise your voice slightly. You trusted Mikey's word, he's never lied to you before. Though you found his sudden vacation to be unexpected, it wasn't thought about too seriously.

"If you say so," Chifuyu responds. "But with that, will that vision you saw come true at all or has it been altered?"

"No," you answered, "It'll still happen. So we have to prepare for that when he comes back."

"Which'll be?"

"About a week."

"Have you checked on him?" Chifuyu questions again, "To see if he's in Okinawa."

You were growing agitated at his suspicion. "Jeez, Chifuyu, you heard one vision where he says some mean things and you already distrust him?"

"Just check," he insists, "If I'm wrong, I'll buy you ice cream."

You chuckle, "Ice cream?" You were caught off guard at the sudden offer, "And what if I'm wrong?"

"Then... You'll buy me ice cream," Chifuyu says with a serious tone.

"Interesting way of telling me you're craving ice cream, but alright."

You drive further to find a safe spot to park. Once you do, you take out a Polaroid photo of Mikey that you kept in your pocket. You stare at it, trying to get a vision of what he's doing at this moment.

Mikey had the former fifth-division vice-captain, Sanzu Haruchiyo, by his side. Sanzu wasn't wearing a mask like you first saw him. His mouth had scars at both corners.

They stood in front of Kokonoi Hajime.

"Kakucho? He was discharged from the hospital recently. I'm sure he's probably still in the city," Kokonoi informs.

"And what about the rest?" Mikey asks. His eyes were close to pitch black. His tone was both monotonous and intimidating. Even Koko's expression looked tense as he spoke with Mikey.

"The Haitanis returned to Minato, their city. Mochi also went back to his city, Kawasaki. I'm unsure about the others, but those two might know more."

"Then let's go."

You blink, "Mikey's... With Sanzu and... Kokonoi."

Chifuyu was extremely confused, "In... Okinawa?"

"No... in Kanagawa."

"Yokohama?!" You nod your head at his observation. You process the vision you just saw, "They're discussing the whereabouts of past Tenjiku members..."

"Wait," Chifuyu realizes, "Is he trying to form a new gang?!" Your face felt strained as you try to connect the dots. "I don't get it... Why make a new gang when he already had one?" You couldn't make any sense of it at all. As you continue to process the vision in your head, Sanzu matched the pink-haired man you saw before. The one from the vision you saw of Mikey's future in 12 years.

You get off the bike and grab Chifuyu, tugging on his jean jacket, forcing him to get off the bike as well. "Chifuyu, let's go."

"Where are we going?!" Chifuyu frantically asks. He, too, was still processing the vision you just told him.

"Just in here," you point at a fast food restaurant. As the automatic doors open, you continue to drag Chifuyu. You lead him to where the washroom was. It was a lone, one-door washroom, which you deemed perfect.

You walk in with Chifuyu and lock the door behind you. "What... What are we doing here...? Alone... Together..." You turn to Chifuyu's face. He was gradually turning pink. You look at him oddly, confused why he was acting weird.

You suspect it was because you were both in a washroom together, assuming he's used to the gendered washrooms. Which was not the case at all.

"I need to see Mikey 12 years from now," you tell him, "I can't go bleeding out of my eyes in public, can I?"

"Oh... Right," Chifuyu sounded slightly disappointed. You take out the photo of Mikey again.

"I'm sorry! Please! Please spare me!"

Mikey walks closer to the man. Slowly. Piles of bodies are scattered across the floor. Their blood merges together the more it spills out of them. The man continues to beg and plead for his life. Mikey didn't seem to listen to his cries.

He grabs the man by the throat, looking him in the eyes. Mikey's eyes looked more dead than the corpses that scattered the floor. Mikey forcefully keeps the man's mouth open. Wasting no time shoving a gun in his mouth.

He pulls the trigger. The bullet travels down his throat, killing him internally. Mikey showed no sign of emotion as he lets the now lifeless man leave his grip.

"Bravo!" Someone cheers from behind the white-haired man. It was Sanzu Haruchiyo. "Fast and merciless as ever!"

Men start approaching the floor both Mikey and Sanzu were on. "Boss!" One of them calls out, he had a scar down his right eye. "We've covered the rest of the floors."

"Very well then," Mikey finally speaks. He cocks his head, gesturing for Sanzu to follow.

You blink rapidly, causing the blood to spill quickly.

Chifuyu has already prepared toilet paper, expecting this to happen. Catching the blood before it touches your clothes. The photo you hold starts to shake as your hand quivers. It's been so long since you last saw a morbid vision. It's been so long since you've been affected by it. You thought something violent like that wouldn't scare you anymore with how many you've seen in the past. But because it was Mikey who was causing it... It was worse.

"What did you see?!" Chifuyu asks, still wiping your face. "Mikey... He..." You couldn't get the vision out of your head. The picture of Mikey surrounded by bodies disturbed you. Though Sanzu was present, it was clear Mikey was the cause of such a scene.

"He... Killed... So many people..." You finally finish your sentence. You finally look up at Chifuyu. His expression was both worried and disturbed. "I was right then..." You continued. "He is trying to pick up where Izana left off. He's created a criminal organization with past Tenjiku members."

Chifuyu was even more disturbed by this information. He calms himself down, seeing that you were in more distress than he was. "That's 12 years from now?" He asks rhetorically, "What are we going to do then?"

"I... I don't know," you answered the boy honestly, looking down. "Seeing that he already has Sanzu and Kokonoi, he's already started...!"

"He only has two members. We can't be too late. How about we go to Kanagawa right now?" Chifuyu suggests. "And what? Stalk him?" You look back up.

You felt frustrated. Not only with the vision you saw but with yourself. "It's even clearer why Mikey's pushing everyone away. I feel so stupid..." You clench your fists, "I should've verified that he went to Okinawa sooner. UGH! And Okinawa?! How can I be so gullible in believing he'd be on an island!"

Chifuyu gently taps both sides of your face, catching your attention. "Hey, it's okay..." He attempts to reassure you as he holds your face. "The other guys don't know he's started a new gang, how about we tell them? That way, they'll be even more adamant about Mikey not leaving in the next week."

You try to calm yourself down. Taking deep breaths, you loosen your hands. You held onto Chifuyu's hands, they were still cupping your face. "We could... Say we saw him with Sanzu and Kokonoi...?" You reply to the blonde's idea, "They'll be suspicious of Mikey starting a new gang themselves."

"Why not just explain your power? They seemed accepting of Takemichi when he finally explained himself," he asks you. "I prefer not to," you tell him, "It's not that I don't trust them. It's just if word gets out that I have this ability, I might be hunted."

Chifuyu asks you to elaborate on why you think that way. "With Takemichi blatantly admitting he's a timeleaper back at Yokohama, I'm scared people will find out and try to kill him... To prevent him from meddling with their plans. I mean... Kisaki was close to doing it before."

"You're right... I wouldn't want you to be kidnapped again either."

"We have to be natural about it though," you continued. You take Chifuyu's hands off your face. "Takemichi was very obvious when it came to his missions, Mikey wasn't even shocked when he heard about the timeleaping thing."

Chifuyu nods, "Me neither," he admits. "Not just him knowing Draken was going to be stabbed but I overheard him talking to Baji before Bloody Halloween. He told Baji to make it out alive..."

You look down and think, "How are we going to tell them...? It's the 16th today?" You look at Chifuyu for confirmation and the boy nods. "How about we tell them on the 20th? There's a holiday right?" You think hard. "The spring equinox? We could celebrate that with them and then just casually slip it out."

He furrows his brows at your sudden plan, "You really think Toman will go out of their way to celebrate the equinox?"

"We could... get Hanami dango or something..." The more you think about it, the more it sounded stupid. "Man, I don't know!" Chifuyu notices your growing frustration. "No, no, it's a plan! Better than nothing," he reassures you. "We could eat dango and just drive around the city. I could tell them that you learnt how to ride a bike and suggest we go riding on the 20th?"

Your face perks up, "Yeah! That should work!" You stand up, startling the blonde a bit. "And when Mikey calls all of you out to Musashi shrine, they could help talk some sense into Mikey."

Chifuyu stands up with you, pointing at himself with his thumb. "Just leave it to me! When that happens, I'll make sure you won't have to worry about Mikey leaving." You smile at the blonde, "Thank you, Chifuyu."

Chifuyu unlocks the washroom door, "Now, let's go get ice cream together!" He takes you by the hand. Eagerly skipping out of the room. "Oh, right... I forgot we made a deal about that."

-

"Say," Chifuyu starts. The two of you were outside eating ice cream out of a cone while sitting on the swings. "What will you do if it doesn't work out?"

You turn to the boy, "What do you mean?"

"If Mikey leaves and starts a new gang. What'll you do?"

You think. You haven't thought of any further plans yet. Especially now that the plan has somewhat changed. "I guess... I'm just going to have to defeat his gang."

"WHAT?!" Chifuyu shouts, nearly dropping his ice cream. You shrug, "What other options are there? I could join him, but I doubt he'd let me. I wouldn't want to work with anyone who was from Tenjiku either... Especially Kokonoi..." You shudder, remember he changed your clothes.

Chifuyu looks at you oddly, "How exactly are you going to defeat a gang...?"

"I could... Train? I don't know..." Your brain feels almost empty of creativity. Your shoulders slump, "Ugh, it must be so nice to timeleap," you suddenly say. "Can you imagine if Takemichi could control that? If he can leap to any time period he chooses. If I could do that, I'd keep trying different plans until I've succeeded."

"Your power is cool too!" Chifuyu expresses. "If I had the ability to foresee things, I'd put that to use in fights."

The blonde gets up from his swing. "Just imagine some guy trying to land a fake-out and you just go BAM!" He kicks the air. "And he's like 'How did you know I was faking that punch and going for a kick?' and you'll say, 'It was predictable'!"

You start to laugh at Chifuyu's imaginative reenactment, "What is this?! A shonen manga?" He grins, "I think you'd be pretty powerful if you start learning how to fight."

"You think so?"

"Of course, it's you after all," he says softly, "You're amazing."

You take his idea into consideration. Seeing that you could control when in the future you could see, that would be useful in predicting movements. "I should start training soon then... But where?" Chifuyu sits back down. You suddenly gasped, "I just remembered something!"

"Hm?"

"Mikey's grandpa owns a dojo. I thought maybe he could train me but then I just remembered Mikey told me he left something for me in the garage."

Chifuyu tilts his head, "Left something?"

You nodded. "Yeah, I'm assuming a gift or a letter. He said he didn't bring 'it' after telling me he was going to go to Okinawa. So he told me to sneak in and get it from the garage."

The both of you finally finish your cones. "Alright, let's go to Grandpa Sano's then." He walks to his bike and gets on, starting it up.

"You're driving?" You ask as you walk closer.

"It's my bike."

"Right..." I should really get my own bike soon.








Chapter forty-seven, end.

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